| Velar ejective stop | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| kʼ | |||
| IPA number | 109 + 401 | ||
| Audio sample | |||
| Encoding | |||
| Entity(decimal) | kʼ | ||
| Unicode(hex) | U+006B U+02BC | ||
| X-SAMPA | k_> | ||
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Avelar ejective is a type ofconsonantalsound, used in somespokenlanguages. The symbol in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨kʼ⟩.
Features of a velar ejective:
| IPA | Description |
|---|---|
| kʼ | ejective k |
| kʲʼ | ejectivepalatalized k |
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abkhaz | акы/aky | [akʼə] | 'one' | ||
| Adyghe | Temirgoy | шкӏэ/س̈ڃە/šč̣ʼǎ | [ʃkʼa]ⓘ | 'calf' | |
| Shapsug | кӏьэ /ڃیە /č̣yė | [kʲʼa]ⓘ | 'tail' | Palatalized. Corresponds to[t͡ʃʼ] in other dialects.[1] | |
| Amharic | ቀን/ḳän | [kʼɜn]ⓘ | 'day' | ||
| Archi[2] | кIан/k'an | [kʼan] | 'bottom' | ||
| Armenian | Yerevan dialect[3] | կեղծ/kekhts | [kʼɛʁt͡sʼ] | 'false' | Some speakers. Corresponds totenuis[k⁼] in most speakers and otherEastern dialects. |
| Tbilisi dialect | կարմիր/karmir | [kʼɑɹmiɹ] | 'red' | ||
| Avar | кӀул /گۇل /ḳul | [kʼuɫ] | 'key' | ||
| Chechen | кӀант/khant/ࢰانت | [kʼənt] | 'boy' | ||
| Damin | k'uu | [kʼuː] | 'eye' | ||
| English[4][5] | Non-local Dublin[6] | back | [bækʼ] | 'back' | Allophone of/k/ for some speakers.[6] |
| Northern English[7][8][9] | Pre-pausal allophone of/k/ for some speakers;[8] may be somewhat palatalised. SeeEnglish phonology | ||||
| Southern English[6][7][8] | |||||
| Scottish[10] | Occasional word-final allophone of/k/.[10] | ||||
| Georgian | კაბა/kʼaba | [kʼɑbɑ] | 'dress' | ||
| Haida | ttsanskkaagid | [tsʼanskʼaːkit] | 'beams' | ||
| Hausa | ƙoƙari /ࢼُوْࢼَرِی | [kʼòːkʼɐ̄ɾī] | 'effort' | ||
| Kabardian | Besleney | кӏьапсэ /ࢰالسە /ćapse | [kʲʼaːpsa]ⓘ | 'rope' | Palatalized. Corresponds to[t͡ʃʼ] in other dialects.[1] |
| Kʼicheʼ | k'ak' | [kʼaːkʼ] | 'new' | ||
| Lak | кӀлла/ⱪalla/ࢰالّا | [kʼalːa] | 'rootless, foreign'[11] | ||
| Lezgian | кIир/k'ir | [kʼir] | 'fang' | ||
| Mpade[12] | takʼwa | [takʼʷa] | 'to vomit' | ||
| Navajo | k'os | [kʼòs] | 'cloud' | ||
| Ossetian | Iron | къона/khona | [ˈkʼonä] | 'hearth' | |
| Digoron | дзæкъолæ/dzækholæ | [d͡zəˈkʼoɫə] | 'bag' | ||
| Quechua | k'aspi | [kʼaspi] | 'stick' | ||
| Saanich[13][14] | [example needed] | Labialized | |||
| Sotho | [example needed] | ||||